2012/2013 SPDC Joint Venture University Scholarship Award Scheme

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (Operator of the NNPC/SHELL/TEPN/AGIP Joint Venture) Scholarship Scheme offers first year students in all Nigerian universities the opportunity to study with an annual grant from the SPDC JV for the full duration of their course. The programme aims to promote academic excellence and improve the skills-base among young Nigerians.

Scholarships in Australia

There are many scholarship available for International students including Nigerians to Study in Australia. These scholarship come in several forms like bursary, grants, awards and are offered by government, private companies, NGOs, Research Institutions e.t.c
This is a list of available options for studies in Australia. These scholarships have different requirement hence if you interested in any of these scholarships please read the instructions carefully before applying

How to get a Scholarship

Are scholarships real?

In as much as fraudsters can post dubious scholarship announcement to swindle unsuspecting victims. Scholarships are real . Many are enjoying scholarships. I have a couple of friends that have not paid even a dime since their secondary school days.

Are Scholarship Applications free?

There is no free lunch even in Freetown. Absolutely not !!! While only a few scholarship providers will ask for an application fee(please be certain before you make any payment), majority of the scholarships are free. But this does not mean scholarships are free. Many scholarships especially the high paying ones have very stringent requirements besides to make a good application that will stand the competition requires a lot of time. Time is money so scholarship costs. In addition scholarships need a lot of research because at times they are good scholarships that do not get enough publicity

Which Scholarship is best for me?

The big question is How much fund do I have?. This does not mean that only indigent students apply for scholarships No!!!. Scholarships tells a lot about a person. Employers are always interested in applicants that have received one form of scholarship or the other, this to an extent show the degree of competition applicants can face. There are various type of scholarship, this varies with countries for list of scholarship which Nigerians can apply download scholarship9ja app for android here. Scholarship differs both with requirement and funding. The rule of thumb is to apply for the big scholarships(that is scholarships with full funding), but that is not always advisable. If you consider yourself as an averages student and have the necessary funds for a degree while we don`t advise you to leave any scholarship but it may be more profitable to focus on mid paying scholarship with lower competition than the high paying ones with cut throat competition

When to apply?

In scholarships not planning enough is planning to fail. The rule of thumb is to start researching for scholarships about a year before your intended date of study. The competition is often scaring, in addition some scholarship program will require that you already have gained an admission to certain schools. So the ideal thing is while applying for admission, you should already have a mental picture of the scholarships you want to apply. When you know what you are looking for, do not apply until you have read all of the requirements.

What if I am not accepted?

There are only very few people that have got all the scholarships they ever applied for. Please do not get discouraged if you are turned down. Maybe you got no reply after a long time, chances are you did not make but to be certain you can write the scholarships providers to confirm. For some scholarship programs because of the number of people involved they often will reply only successful applicants. To be on a safe side will apply check to know when you should be expecting results.

Malaysian International Scholarship

The Malaysian government is at it again. She is aiming to attract the most talented students from all over the world with these scholarship. Talented students from all over the world are encouraged to apply. The scholarship is divided into two categories Postgraduate and Postdoctoral.

 Requirement
Age limit : Applicants must be less than 40 years (for postgraduate) and 45 (for Post doctorate).
Minimum of second class upper in bachelors degree
Fluency in English Language
Be medically fit
Applicants must hold an unconditional offer of admission to a Malaysian university
Click Link for list of Universities in Malaysia 

Award Value
Flight cost
Tuition
Living allowance
Thesis allowance
Visa
Book Allowance

Areas of Study
Applicants must apply for any of these fields
Science and Engineering
Agriculture and Fisheries
 Economics and Islamic Finance
 Information and Communication Technology
 Biotechnology
 Bio security and Food Safety
 Infrastructure and Utility
 Environmental Studies
 Health not including nursing, medicine, clinical pharmacy.

Deadline
10th September 2013

Interested Applicants should click link for official scholarship information and application

 

 

EIFFEL For Candidates Working in Emerging Countries

Launched in January 1999 by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministère des Affaires Etrangères), the Eiffel Scholarship is designed to bolster international recruiting by French schools of higher education, at a time when competition to attract top foreign students is growing among developed countries. HEC reserves the right to submit only those candidates it feels best qualify for the Eiffel Scholarship as the award is particularly competitive and prestigious. Note that applications from students currently studying outside France will be given priority over those from students already studying in France

Eligibility:
The HEC MBA Program applies on behalf of admitted eligible students. In order to be eligible the candidate must:

Be aged 30 years old or less in the selection year.

Only admitted candidates can apply for this scholarship.

Click Link for Official Scholarship Website

Have a single nationality from a developing country deemed an 'emerging country' by the French state department.

Amount of Award:
The Eiffel Scholarship provides participants with a monthly allowance of €1,181, and covers additional expenses including travel, health insurance and cultural activities. Tuition fees are not covered by the scholarship.

Application Deadline:
End of November each year (after enrollment confirmation)

United States Scholarship To Africa

This program was set up to assist undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Motherland – AFRICA – to acquire knowledge in Universities, Colleges and other Institutions of learning in the United States. It is an initiative of the Union of Africa Americans in the United States as part of a special contribution for the development of the human resources of the Motherland.

Requirement
This program was set up to assist undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Motherland – AFRICA – to acquire knowledge in Universities, Colleges and other Institutions of learning in the United States. It is an initiative of the Union of Africa Americans in the United States as part of a special contribution for the development of the human resources of the Motherland.

Award
A recipient of the scholarship will be assisted to study in United States Free of tuition throughout the duration of the chosen program. In addition, the recipient will provisionally receive an annual allowance of US$4,000 for welfare. A recipient will also be assisted to get Student Visa which will expire at the end of the chosen program of maximum five (5) years.

Applicants should note that
Optionally, we arrange to help a recipient/student under our program to secure a part-time job which enable you work while you school and earn extra income. This is only done on request

1. Completed Entry Form (to be made online).
2. Entry Fee of US$100.00 (₦16000 Nigeria, ¢142 Ghana, R687 South Africa, £569 Egypt).
3. Five credit passes in O/level exams, including English Language, Mathematics and three
    other relevant subjects (undergraduate program).
4. First degree / HND (Postgraduate program).
5. One recent color passport photo.

Deadline is November 30, 2013



Click link for official scholarship information

USA Fulbright Scholarships for International Students

The Fulbright Program are scholarships in USA for international students who wants to pursue a Master’s or PhD degree.
The scholarships can also be awarded for non- degree postgraduate studies.

Area
The scholarship covers a wide area of study.Medical and clinical stogies are exempted.

Eligibility
International students.

Requirement
Outside the U.S the Fulbright Program is administered by bi national Fulbright Commissions/Foundations or U.S. Embassies. All Foreign Student Program applications are processed by these offices. Therefore, foreign students must apply for Fulbright
Fellowships through the Fulbright
Commission/Foundation or US Embassy in their home countries. Program eligibility and selection procedures are determined by each
country. Deadline varies per country but is around February to October annually.

Award
Full scholarship

In Nigeria contact information is
Adress(es) Public Affairs Section
U.S.Embassy Plot 1075 Diplomatic Drive Central District Area Abuja Nigeria

Lagos
Public Affairs Section U.S. Consulate General No. 2 Broad Street Lagos
Nigeria

Link to Official US embassy website

Scholarship for Developing Countries in Czech Republic

This scholarship is for Students who are applying to study in one of the Bachelor’s studies or Master’s studies programmes  at Faculty of Social Sciences for academic year 2014/15.



Area

This scholarship is for any of the courses offered by the faculty of social science at Charles University.


Level

Undergraduate and Graduate studies


Award

Partial Scholarship


Requirement

International Student from developing countries


How to Apply:

- The mode of applying is by post. Applications must be made on the form that accompanies this announcement, and must include the following documents:
-completed application form;
-motivation essay of no more than 1000 words, explaining why they need a scholarship, and what they hope to gain from their studies at the Charles University;
-two letters of recommendation from teachers, who know the student from their previous studies, including confirmation of the student’s financial need

Click link for official Scholarship information

Scholarshp for African Writers

The Miles Morland Foundation (MMF)  will give up to three Morland Writing Scholarships per year starting next year (2014).

The scholarships will be open to anyone born in Africa or whose parents were born in Africa. If you want to write a full length book, either fiction of nonfiction, this is a fantastic opportunity. Here is a bit about the scholarship.

Award

The scholars will receive a grant of £18,000 (about N 4.5 million), paid in monthly instalments  over the course of one year

What the scholar must do in return

In return for this the scholars will agree that 20% of whatever they subsequently receive from what they write during the year of the scholarship will be paid to the MMF which may be used to support other promising writers and possibly to expand the scholarship scheme in later years.

Qualifications

To qualify for the scholarship a candidate must submit a piece of published work, or an excerpt from a piece of published work, of between two and seven thousand words to be evaluated by a panel set up by the MMF which will include MMF trustees and past participants in the Caine Prize.

The scholarships will be awarded based on these submissions although the Foundation may also wish to question certain candidates or ask for other work.

Proposed Work

The candidates will be expected to submit a brief description of the work they intend to write during the scholarship year (ideally 200 – 500 words).

It should be a new work, not a work in progress.

The proposed work must be in English as must all candidacy submissions.

Also a statement of fewer than 100 words about yourself and your background should be included.

It is not the intention of the MMF to give editorial or publishing advice to scholars.

They will have to find their own agents and publishers although it is to be hoped that over the years the Morland Scholarships will come to be recognized as an incubator of talent. Works which relate to Africa are likely to be preferred by the judges.

Scholarship Requirement

The only condition imposed on the scholars during the year of their scholarship is that they must write.

They will be asked to submit by e-mail at least 10,000 new words every month until they have finished their book.

The scholarship will terminate if a scholar fails to submit the required work on time unless prior authorization has been received.

The Foundation is happy to support fiction or non-fiction but not poetry, plays or screen-plays.

The scholarship is intended for writers who want to write a full-length book of 80,000 words or more.

The closing date for submissions for the first series of writing scholarships will be October 31st 2013.

The scholarships will be announced in December 2013 and will run for the whole of calendar 2014.

The Trustees reserve the right to vary the terms and requirements of the scholarships at their discretion.

Click here for official scholarship information

KAAD Scholarships for Developing Countries

This is a scholarship for citizens of developing countries to study in Germany. Scholarships can cover Masters, Doctoral or even postdoctoral research (2-6 months for established university lecturers) at a German university.

Areas

Scholarship is open to all areas of study but preference will be given to areas to will accelerate development of applicants home country.

Eligibility:

Applicants must
 be from a developing country (Nigeria Inclusive)
have completed a bachelors degree with relevant professional experience
-are a Catholic Christian (or general belong to a Christian denomination). Candidates from other religions can apply if they are proposed by Catholic partners and can prove their commitment to inter religious dialogue
-possess German language skills before starting the studies (KAAD can provide a language course of max. 6 months in Germany).
want to acquire a master’s degree or a PhD at a German university or do a post-doctoral research project (2-6 months for established university lecturers) at a German university

Deadline
November and June

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Information Systems International scholarships Program at in University in Australia

Curtin University is offering scholarships to international students for pursuing an undergraduate degree in computing science, applied information technology or related computing fields. Applicants must be commencing the first semester of their first undergraduate degree at Curtin University

Field
Scholarships are provided in the field of business information technology (single major), business information technology & systems (double major) and business information systems (single major) offered by the Curtin University in Australia.

Level
Undergraduate

Requirement
Applicants must have an offer poof admission
- International student

Award
5000 USD for the years

Deadline
November 22nd, 2013

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African London Nagasaki Scholarship

Africa London Nagasaki (ALN) scholarship fund offers Master’s scholarships for Africans to undertake a Master’s degree in a subject relevant to the control of infectious disease in Africa. The awards will support a candidate to undertake an MSc at either the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan or at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Priority will be given to candidates at an early stage of their scientific career. An award will only be made on condition that the candidate meets the criteria set for entry on the course for which they have applied. The application deadline is 27th September 2013.

Level
Masters

Requirement
Must be an African
Must have at least two years of research experience have obtained an MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification from a recognized university.

Award
Full scholarship maximum of
50 000 UsD

Deadline
27th September 2013

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Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship

The Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship program is open to students from all countries (including African countries) that has diplomatic relations with Japan. According to the Government sponsored website Study In Japan, Since inception, over 65,000 students
from about 160 countries all over the world have taken advantage of this programme to  study in Japan". This scholarship recipients are paid allowances and also exempted from tuition entrance and examination fees. Awards covering bachelors, masters or doctorate degrees are offered yearly to the following categories:

1  Research Students
2. Undergraduate Students
3. Japanese Studies Students
4. Teacher Training Students
5. College of Technology Students
6. Special Training College students
7. Young Leaders Program(YLP) Students

How it works:

Embassy Recommendations.
Selection in this category is purely from recommendations from the various Japanese Embassies and Consulates in different countries
all over the world and the process may vary depending on the countries. Prospecting students are adviced to approachthe nearest
Japanese Embassy or Consulates in their home country.  In Nigeria
Lagos
Embassy of Japan, Lagos Office,
Plot 24/25 Apese Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel: (234-1)261-3797 , 4929, 5984, 6827 (234-9)461-6394 Fax (234-1)261-4035

University Recommendation.
As indicated by the title, screening and recommendation in this category is done by the individual universities based on inter university student exchange agreements. Selected recipients are then directly recommended to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Domestic selection.
This category of students are privately-finance students who are already studying(including prospecting students) in Japan Screening is done through the different universities sometimes based on academic excellence

For requirement click

List of universities in Japan

WAAW Foundation Scholarships for African Women

This scholarship is for African women in tertiary institution across Africa studying a science, technology, engineering, mathematical course.

Award
500 USD one time award

Requirement
Undergraduates only
Less than forty years
Good academic record

Special consideration is given to orphans, underprivileged students, girls impacted by HIV and students in the first or second year of study.

Deadline:
30th October 2013

Applicants will be required to provide

Personal and Contact Information.
Educational Information

Responses to essay questions that address career goals, and how you expect the WAAW scholarship will assist in your education.

Two academic/professional references.

Note recommendations and transcripts ARE NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. ONLY after a candidate has been shortlisted.

Click here to apply

edx Free Online courses at world renown university

Is money a barrier to your financial aspiration? If yes then online studies may be an option. Earn an internationally recognized degree maybe even with a scholarship.

edX is a learning platform that gives students from any country the opportunity to take free online courses offered by three premier
Universities in the US – Harvard MIT, and UC Berkeley plus 8 other premier universities. Online learners can earn a certificate of completion after completing the course.

Applicants are received round the year. Last year, this programme was free there is a plan to charge a modest rate for these programs

To apply for an EdX course, just simply complete the online signup form. Enrolling will create your unique student record in the edX
database, allow you to register for classes, and to receive a certificate on successful completion.

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2014 Dr Abdul Kalam Scholarship in Engineering & Information Technologies

Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies of University of Sydney offers postgraduate scholarship for international students in Australia.

Award
50% reduction on tuition

Deadline:
Nov 30, 2013

Study Subject(s): Scholarship is provided in the Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies offered by the University of Sydney in Australia

Level:
Postgraduate level

Study Subject(s):
Scholarship is provided in the Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies offered by the University of Sydney in Australia

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Master of Science (M.Sc) and Master of Engineering (M.Eng) scholarship/ fellowship for UAE Nationals & outstanding International students at Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE in Engineering & Science

Admission to the Master of Science (M.Sc) and Master of Engineering (M.Eng) Full Time Program is open to all qualified UAE nationals and selected non-nationals. Outstanding graduates with excellent academic credentials who are highly motivated to undertake a challenging and rigorous graduate program of study and research in one of the PI programs, are invited to apply. They will be expected to have at least a B.S. degree from a well recognized university.

Award value:
Full scholarship

Requirement:
Interested applicants should supply the following:

Cover letter
CV
Scanned English Academic Transcripts & Degree Certificates for Bachelor and/or Master Degree from his/her baccalaureate institution
the original documents attested by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) should be submitted upon admission to the Masters Program
TOEFL/IELTS/GRE
Minimum scores accepted for TOEFL/IELTS: 550
for PBT; 213 for CBT; 79 for IBT; or 6.0 for IELTS
If you are unable to attach the required TOEFL/ IELTS score certificate, please specify in your
cover letter and application form when you will be able to provide it.
GRE is not required. If you have available scores (general test only), you may submit it for reference.

Deadline:

1st October Spring
1st April Fall

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Skoltech Fellowship for International Applicants in Russia, 2014

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology is inviting applications for MSc fellowship. For every admitted MSc student, Skoltech will provide an internationally competitive fellowship including a tuition waiver, subsidized housing an assistantship and medical insurance. Both Russian and international students are eligible to apply for this fellowship

Subject area
MSc programs in Information Science and Technology, Energy Science & Technology, Biomedical Science and Technology.

Eligibility;
International students in  final year of an undergraduate degree.
Students that have completed a bachelors degree Applicants must have received(or will recieve) a degree in engineering mathematics, applied sciences, physics, chemistry biology or related fields; have achieved an outstanding academic record at the undergraduate level and demonstrated English proficiency.

Award:
For every admitted M.Sc. Student, Skoltech will provide an internationally competitive fellowship, including a tuition waiver, subsidized housing, an assistantship, and medical insurance.

Deadline:
January 2014

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AFRICAN HUMANITIES PROGRAM

This is a dissertation competition for doctoral students or those who have completed their doctoral studies. Award is for dissertation completion or for post doctoral work.

Award value: 10 000 usd (dissertation completion)
17,000 (post doctoral fellowship)

Eligibility:
Citizens of sub Saharan Africa who are writing their dissertations or have completed their doctoral studies (not exceeding 8 years)
PhD work must be in humanities.

Deadline 1st Nov 2013

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